Major cases before the Supreme Court deal with transgender rights, guns, nuclear waste and vapes
The Supreme Court’s new term begins Monday with a handful of important cases set to be heard and the possibility that the justices will be asked to get involved in election disputes. Here are some of the
The Supreme Court opens its new term with election disputes in the air but not yet on the docket
WASHINGTON (AP) — Transgender rights, the regulation of “ghost guns” and the death penalty highlight the Supreme Court’s election-season term that begins Monday, with the prospect of the court’s intervention in voting disputes lurking in the background.
Homeowners hit by Hurricane Helene face the grim task of rebuilding without flood insurance
A week after Hurricane Helene overwhelmed the Southeastern U.S., homeowners hit the hardest are grappling with how they could possibly pay for the flood damage from one of the deadliest storms to hit the mainland in recent
Russian prosecutors seek 7-year sentence for US man accused of fighting for Ukraine
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian prosecutors asked for a seven-year sentence in the trial of a U.S. citizen accused of fighting as a mercenary in Ukraine against Russia, Russian news agencies reported Saturday. Prosecutors asked the court to
US officials struggle to quash Hurricane Helene conspiracy theories
By Stephanie Kelly (Reuters) – In the wake of the devastation of Hurricane Helene in the United States this week, a new storm emerged on social media – false rumors about how disaster funds have been used,
Housing crisis, shift to the right define San Francisco mayoral race
By Judith Langowski SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Concerns about housing and crime are dominating San Francisco’s mayoral race, an election that gives voters a chance to choose which path they trust to pull their city out of
U.S. teachers face language barriers, student trauma as record migration reaches classrooms
By Ted Hesson, Kristina Cooke and M.B.Pell CHARLEROI, Pennsylvania – Dana Smith had been teaching first grade at the public school in the small Pennsylvania town of Charleroi for more than 16 years when she found herself
